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Cannabis News With Rick Thompson On Four20Post

Feb 23, 2022 | Feature, FOUR20 Post, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Rick Thompson, Executive Director of Michigan NORML, provides the latest cannabis headlines on Four20 Post Live. Those include: Nationally, legal cannabis employers added 107,000 jobs in 2021; Detroit recreational licenses must include social equity components;...

North Carolina Senators Act On Revised Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill In Committee

Aug 18, 2021 | National

North Carolina senators on Aug. 18 took action on a revised bill to legalize medical marijuana. An earlier version of the reform legislation cleared the same panel and another committee last month, but it was rereferred back to Judiciary earlier this month....

Senators Vote To Expand Medical Marijuana Access For Military Veterans As Part Of Appropriations Bill

Aug 5, 2021 | Feature, National

A Senate Appropriations Committee approved an amendment on Wednesday that is meant to enable military veterans to access medical marijuana – by allowing Veterans Affairs (VA) physicians to grant recommendations in states where it is legal. The measure, sponsored...

Delaware Medical Cannabis Market Grows Amid Possible Adult-Use Legalization

May 25, 2021 | National

Delaware’s heavily regulated $30 million medical marijuana market is poised to double the number of vertically integrated operators from three to six at a time when prospects for adult-use legalization also are brightening at the state capitol. The state,...

Red States Embracing Medical Marijuana

May 11, 2021 | National

Many of the nation’s medical marijuana holdouts are giving in as pot activists make inroads this year with conservative strongholds — and are poised to notch more wins in the coming weeks. Medical marijuana bills are advancing in the Republican-controlled legislatures...